Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A USA expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Luis Benitez. Summit reached on 3rd October 2006. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5514
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY06357
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Luis Benitez
Sponsor Adventure Consultants Cho Oyu Expedition 2006
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Belgium, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2006-09-08
Summit Date 2006-10-03
Summit Time 0915
Summit Days 25
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2006-10-07
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(08/09),ABC(10/09,5550m),C1(17/09,6400m),C2(21/09,7200m),Smt(03/10)
Route Notes ABC at 50m below others lowest of the ABC's this autumn. No C3 because of long snowstorm; in summit bid went nonstop from C2. Summit party Glorie, Rogers, Lhakpa Tharke, Chuldim, Pasang Bhote and Sange Dorje left C2 at 10:00 pm NST on 2 Sept and got to top at at 9:15 am NST and returned to C2 by noon and slept there. All in ABC on 4 Oct. Oxygen all in summit party who were members in C2 to top to and in C2; also Benitez and Curtis in C2 night of 2 Oct (although Curtis found mask too annoying and took it off); they had expected to go for top too, but when Curtis woke up to prepare for summit bid, he was in early stage of cerebral edema and had to descend and Benitez escorted him between C1 and C2. Cubitt ran out of energy after reaching C2. Both left expedition. Sherpas: Chuldim, aka Chuldim Dorje, 26/11/63, Khumjung, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X3 Pasang Bhote, 21, Chepuwa, Makalu, Everest X1 Sange Dorje, 29, Khumjung, Everest X1
Accidents Curtis's cerebral edema
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459483
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jan Marie Anderson F 1962 Australia Climber Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Payroll officer Details Other expeditions
Luis Guillermo Benitez M 1972 USA Leader Denver, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kevin Michael Cubitt M 1975 UK Climber London, England Between careers (was financial advisor in spring 2005) Details Other expeditions
Scott Curtis M 1972 Australia Climber Fertitude Valley, QLD, Australia Bank officer Details Other expeditions
Sebastien M. R. Glorie M 1982 Belgium Climber Brussels, Belgium Unemployed (just out of university) Details Other expeditions
Paul Vincent Rogers M 1962 UK Assistant Guide Wanaka, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Philip George Varcas M 1975 UK Climber Reading, Berkshire, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tharke Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chuldim (Chuldim Dorje) Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Bhote M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Chepuwa-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Sange Dorje Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY06357 - - http://www.adventureconsultants.com/adventure/Dispatches_Archived/ - - -
CHOY06357 ROCK Jackson, Jeff Secret Passage - 180:52-57 (Sept 2009) -